Orlické Záhoří is a municipality and village in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

The name may be approximately translated as "Orlické Transmountain Area".

Orlické Záhoří is located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlické Mountains. The highest point is a contour line on the slope of the Jelenka mountain at 1,064 m (3,491 ft) above sea level. The municipality consists of several settlements scattered in the Divoká Orlice valley. It lies along the border with Poland, which matches the flow of the Divoká Orlice river in this area.

The settlement of the area is connected with the work of glassmakers and lumberjacks in the Orlické Mountains from 1590–1600. Orlické Záhoří was established in 1951 by merger of settlements Bedřichovka, Černá Voda, Jadrná, Kunštát, Trčkov and Zelenka.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% 1869 2,604 —     1880 2,816 +8.1% 1890 2,938 +4.3% 1900 2,782 −5.3% 1910 2,765 −0.6%	Year Pop. ±% 1921 2,444 −11.6% 1930 2,216 −9.3% 1950 216 −90.3% 1961 321 +48.6% 1970 306 −4.7%	Year Pop. ±% 1980 268 −12.4% 1991 241 −10.1% 2001 211 −12.4% 2011 185 −12.3% 2021 183 −1.1%
Source: Censuses

The municipality has the road and pedestrian border crossing Orlické Záhoří / Mostowice and the pedestrian border crossing Bedřichovka / Lasówka to Poland.

The main landmark of Orlické Záhoří is the Church of Saint John the Baptist. It was built in the late Baroque style in 1754–1763, when it replaced an old wooden church.

Orlické Záhoří is twinned with:

• Bystrzyca Kłodzka, Poland

• Official website